<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); font-size: 13px; line-height: 1px; "><img src="http://www.inkroom.org/images/graphics/c11buyngcongress.jpg" id="il_fi" height="549" width="427" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 8px; "></span><br><br><div>Seeya round town, Moscow.</div><div><br></div><div>Tom Hansen</div><div>Moscow, Idaho</div><div> </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div> </div></div><div><br>On Sep 28, 2011, at 7:25, "Shirley Ringo" <<a href="mailto:ringoshirl@moscow.com">ringoshirl@moscow.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2">I wonder if the people in general realize how
outraged they should be over this issue. I would definitely be happier
with language that would make it clear that wealthy people can't buy their way
into office.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Shirley</font></div>
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<div style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><b>From:</b>
<a title="suehovey@moscow.com" href="mailto:suehovey@moscow.com">Sue Hovey</a>
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<div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>To:</b> <a title="donaldrose@cpcinternet.com" href="mailto:donaldrose@cpcinternet.com">Rosemary Huskey</a> ; <a title="donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com" href="mailto:donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com">'Donovan Arnold'</a> ; <a title="vision2020@moscow.com" href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com"><a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</a></a> </div>
<div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, September 27, 2011 7:25
PM</div>
<div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Vision2020] New
Constitutional Amendment</div>
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<div><strong>Then, as I read it, candidates could use their own money or
federal funding. Isn’t everything other funding prohibited? I
guess it would be a question for the courts, as to whether “no Person”
includes oneself. </strong></div>
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<div><strong>Sue H. </strong></div>
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<div style="font-color: black"><b>From:</b> <a title="donaldrose@cpcinternet.com" href="mailto:donaldrose@cpcinternet.com">Rosemary Huskey</a> </div>
<div><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, September 27, 2011 5:51 PM</div>
<div><b>To:</b> <a title="donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com" href="mailto:donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com">'Donovan Arnold'</a> ; <a title="vision2020@moscow.com" href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com"><a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</a></a> </div>
<div><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Vision2020] New Constitutional
Amendment</div></div></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">I’m not sure but I
think non-cash contributions could be understood as indirect contributions –
at least that is how I interpret it. I am not sure how this petition
would/could morph into a constitutional amendment either. Mostly, I am
just so gobsmacked still by the Supremes ruling that anything that could
counter it sounds good to me.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Rose<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"><o:p></o:p></span> </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">From:</span></b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'"> Donovan Arnold
[mailto:donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, September 27,
2011 5:37 PM<br><b>To:</b> Rosemary Huskey;
<a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com"><a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</a></a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Vision2020] New Constitutional
Amendment<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="BACKGROUND: white"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; COLOR: black">Rose,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="BACKGROUND: white"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; COLOR: black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="BACKGROUND: white"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; COLOR: black">Wouldn't it just make more sense to
limit how much a candidate can spend then to regulate cash donations? People
and corporations can donate air time, balloons, buttons, buses, posters,
airplanes, fuel, motel rooms, gold, etc.,or whatever else it is that the
candidates need instead of actual cash.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="BACKGROUND: white"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; COLOR: black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="BACKGROUND: white"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; COLOR: black">Donovan
Arnold<o:p></o:p></span></p></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="BACKGROUND: white"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></span> </p></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt"><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">From:</span></b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">
Rosemary Huskey <<a href="mailto:donaldrose@cpcinternet.com">donaldrose@cpcinternet.com</a>><br><b>To:</b>
<a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com"><a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</a></a><br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, September 27, 2011 3:41
PM<br><b>Subject:</b> [Vision2020] New Constitutional Amendent</span><span style="COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="BACKGROUND: white"><span style="COLOR: black">Dylan
Ratigan is hoping to bring forward a petition new constitutional amendment to
ban all private money, including corporation and foreign donors, from donating
to all federal political positions. The amendment is non-partisan and
reads as follows<o:p></o:p></span></p></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="BACKGROUND: white"><span style="COLOR: black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="BACKGROUND: white"><i><span style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">"No person,
corporation or business entity of any type, domestic or foreign, shall be
allowed to contribute money, directly or indirectly, to any candidate for
Federal office or to contribute money on behalf of or opposed to any type of
campaign for Federal office. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
campaign contributions to candidates for Federal office shall not constitute
speech of any kind as guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution or any amendment to
the U. S. Constitution. Congress shall set forth a federal holiday for the
purposes of voting for candidates for Federal office."</span></i><span style="COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="BACKGROUND: white"><i><span style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> </span></i><span style="COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="BACKGROUND: white"><span style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">To sign the petition,
or to learn more please go to <a href="http://www.getmoneyout.com/" target="_blank"><a href="http://www.getmoneyout.com/">http://www.getmoneyout.com/</a></a></span><span style="COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="BACKGROUND: white"><span style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> </span><span style="COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="BACKGROUND: white"><span style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">I am hopeful that the
voice of thousands of citizens will help to bring this petition
forward.</span><span style="COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="BACKGROUND: white"><span style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> </span><span style="COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="BACKGROUND: white"><span style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Rose
Huskey</span><span style="COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div>
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